Modules offered during 2003: INL 221 (Co-ordinator)
INY 224 (Co-ordinator)
INY 323
Prof Hannes Britz joined the Department in 1989. He completed his doctoral thesis on information ethics in 1996 and is currently involved in a research project on information poverty in South Africa. He has also published substantially on the topic of information ethics. Apart from information ethics, he also teaches the marketing of information products and services as well as information and development. He serves on various national and international professional committees. He is currently visiting professor at the School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the USA.
Research output and other professional activities since 2001
Prof JJ Britz
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Britz, J.J. 2001. Inligtingsarmoede: 'n Christelik etiese refleksie. (Information poverty: a Christian ethical perspective). Verbum et Ecclesia. 22 (2).
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Britz, J.J. & Lipinski, T.A. 2001. Deconstruction and re-constructing the protection of indigenous knowledge in a global marketplace: legal and ethical implications of the North American, South African and other case studies. Occasional Paper Series 2001 - 01, Centre for International Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Milwaukee. pp1 - 23.
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Britz, J.J. & Lipinksi, T.A. 2001. A moral reflection on current legal concepts of intellectual property. Libri 51 (4): 234 - 247.
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Britz, J.J. & Blignaut, J.N. 2001. Information poverty and social justice. South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science. 67 (2): 63 - 69.
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Holmner, M. & Britz, J.J. 2001. Electronic mail ethics: A technological perspective. South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science. 67 (20): 70 - 78.
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Ponelis, S.R. & Britz, J.J. 2002. Customer-centric data warehousing in organisations and the privacy of the individual as a customer: A call for re-examination. South African Journal of Information Management 4 (1). (Web-based journal)
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Lipinski, T.A., Buchanen E. & Britz, J.J. 2002. Sticks and stones and words that harm - Liability vs. Responsibility: Section 230 and defamatory speech in cyberspace. Ethics and Information Technology 4 (2): 143 - 158.
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Marx, E.E.E. & Britz, J.J. 2002. Die belang van inligtingsgeletterdheid vir die gehoorgestremde persoon (The importance of information literacy for the deaf person) Musaion: University of South Africa: Pretoria
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Ponelis, S.R. & Britz, J.J. 2003. A comparative analysis of the utilization of datamarts in manufacturing organisations. South African Journal of Information Management, 5 (1)
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Britz, J.J. 2003. Inligting: 'n Kritiese herevaluering met spesifieke verwysing na die toepassing daarvan op inligtingsetiek. [Information: A critical re-evaluation with specific reference to the application on information ethics]. Musaion: University of South Africa
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Ebrahim, E & Britz, J.J. 2003. The sharing of knowledge to gain a competitive advantage by small businesses in Africa: some critical comments. DOMIS, Winter 2003
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Articles accepted for publication in peer reviewed journals
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Britz, J.J. & Bothma, T.J.D. 2003. From Library Science to Information Science: a matter of survival and natural evolution - a case study at the University of Pretoria. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 44 (1)(page numbers not yet available)
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Britz, J.J. & Lor, P.J. 2003. A moral reflection on the flow from South to North with specific reference to the African continent. LIBRI journal
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Britz, J.J. & De Villiers, D.E, 'n Christelik etiese kommentaar op die morele verantwoordelikheid van internetdiensverskaffers. [A Christian ethical commentary on the moral responsibility of internet service providers]. Verbum et Ecclesia
Articles accepted for publication in peer reviewed journals
- Britz, J.J. & Bothma, T.J.D. 2003. From Library Science to Information Science: a matter of survival and natural evolution - a case study at the University of Pretoria. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 44 (1)(page numbers not yet available)
- Britz, J.J. & Lor, P.J. 2003. A moral reflection on the flow from South to North with specific reference to the African continent. LIBRI journal
- Britz, J.J. & De Villiers, D.E, 'n Christelik etiese kommentaar op die morele verantwoordelikheid van internetdiensverskaffers. [A Christian ethical commentary on the moral responsibility of internet service providers]. Verbum et Ecclesia
Articles under review - for peer reviewed journals
- Britz, J.J. & Muller, J.C. Bemarkende en bemarkbare kerk. [Marketing and marketable church] Journal of Practical Theology.
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Boekhorst, A.K. & Britz, J.J. Information literacy at school level: A comparative study between the Netherlands and South Africa. South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science
Proceedings
- Lipinski, T.A., Buchanen E. & Britz, J.J. 2001. Sticks and stones and words that harm - Liability vs. Responsibility: Section 230 and defamatory speech in cyberspace. Proceedings of the conference on Computer Ethics: Philophical Enquiry. Lancaster, United Kingdom. 14-16 Dec 2001: 141 - 161. Abstract peer reviewed.
Chapters in books
- Britz, J.J. 2002. Information ethics: Its demarcation and application. In Libraries, museums and archives. Legal issues and ethical challenges in the new information era. Edited by Tomas A Lipinksi. Scarecrow Press, Maryland. USA: 193 - 220.
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Britz, J.J. & Snyman, M.M.M. 2002. Universal Bibliographic Control - a Contradiction in Terms? A Reflection on the Ethical Problems and Dilemmas in Universal Bibliographic Control. In. Ethics and Electronic Information A Festschrift for Stephen Almagno.Edited by Barbara Rockenbach and Tom Mendina., Jefferson, North Carolina. McFarland Publishing Company: 108-118
Chapters in books: accepted for publication
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Lor, P.J. & Britz, J.J. 2003. Information imperialism : Moral problems in information flows form South to North.
To be published as a chapter in a book by McFarland Publishing Company, Jefferson, North Carolina.
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Lipinski, T., Buchanan, E. & Britz, J.J. 2003 Agents of Harm of Agents of Grace: The legal and Ethical aspects of identifying harm and assigning responsibility in a networked world. In Readings in Cyberethics
Editor and co - editor of Books and journals
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Act as co-editor on a book that will be published by McFarland & Company , Inc., Publishers during 2003.
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Guest editor of the summer and fall (2003) editions of DOMIS - Journal on Middle Eastern Studies.
Non-published papers presented at national (South Africa) and international conferences
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Britz, J.J., Boekhorst, A.K. & Bothma, T.J.D. 2002. The information specialist and ethics: privacy and the new information economy. BOBCATSSS conference, Slovania, Portoroz. 28 - 30 January 2002. Abstract peer reviewed.
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Britz, J.J. & Boekhorst, A.K. 2002. Van afzondering naar gelijke toegang: Privacy in de niewe informatie economie
(Translation: From isolation to equal access: Privacy in the new information economy). Online Conferentie Nederland. Rotterdam. 16-18 April 2002. Abstract peer reviewed.
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Lor, P.J. & Britz, J.J. 2002. Information imperialism : Moral problems in information flows from South to North. Paper to be presented at the EEI21 conference in Memphis , October 2002, USA. Abstract reviewed.
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Britz, J.J. 2002. A philosophical reflection on Indigenous Knowledge. Paper presented at symposium on Indigenous Knowledge. University of Zululand, South Africa. October 2002.
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Britz, J.J. Ibrahim, E. 2003. The effective use of knowledge to enable small businesses in Egypt to be successful
. Paper presented at the International Conference on "Managing Development in Emerging Markets under Global Recession" Egypt, January 2003. Abstract reviewed.
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Britz, J.J. & Boekhorst, A.K. & Lor, P. 2003. The political economy and the distribution of information for sustainable development. Paper presented at the International Conference on "Managing Development in Emerging Markets under Global Recession" Egypt, January 2003. Abstract reviewed.
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Britz, J.J. , Bothma, T, Snyman, M. Snyman, R. 2003. The use of the Web in the education and training of information professionals in SADC - panacea or problem?. IATUL conference, Turkey June 2003
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Bothma, T, Snyman, M. Snyman, R. 2003, Britz, J.J 2003. New times need new curricula: meeting the demands of industry in training information professionals in SADC. IATUL conference, Turkey June 2003
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Britz, J.J. & Lor, P.J. 2003. The digitization of Africa's documented heritage: A moral reflection. IFLA. Germany. August 2003
Papers at international conferences accepted for presentation
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Britz, J.J. & Lo, G. 2003. Information Communication Technologies - a means to bridge information divide between the socially excluded and information rich. EEI 2003 Memphis. October 2003
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Boekhorst, A.K., Britz, J.J., Bothma, T. & Lor,P. 2003. An ethical reflection on the barriers to information in the information era. EEI 2003 Memphis. October 2003
Other academic papers presented
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Britz, J.J. 2001. The information era, the lost continents and ICT. Presented at an official meeting of the Gauteng's Departement of Sport, Recreation and Arts and Culture. Theme of the conference: Library and Information Communities Technology Simposium, Boksburg, 18 May 2001.
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Britz, J.J. 2001. The merging of the Departments of Information Science, Informatics and Computer Science into the School of Information Technology at the University of Pretoria. Invited presentation at the University of Memphis, Memphis USA, 18 October 2001.
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Britz, J.J. 2001. From Library Science to Information Science: A matter of survival or natural evolution? A case study at the University of Pretoria. Ted Seymore prestige lecture held at the School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 14 November 2001.
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Britz, J.J. 2002. Telematic teaching: the death of distance of the death of the lecturer. Presented at the Teaching Forum, University of Pretoria, Pretoria. 16 August 2002.
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Britz, 2003. Hype or Myth: A reality check on the theory and practice of knowledge management. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) in Milwaukee. 22 April 2003.
Workshops presented
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Britz, J.J. 2001. An ethics of responsibility: A case study for museums. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the South-eastern Museum Conference. Louisville, Kentucky, VSA: 17 October 2001.
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Britz, J.J. 2002. Infopreneurship - the possible future for information professionals? Workshop presented at the University of Zululand, South Africa. October 2002.
Member of international committees
Serve on the following programme and evaluation committees (international conferences):
1997 - 2002
Ethics of Electronic Information in the Twenty First Century conference -Memphis USA
2001
Fifth Multi-Conference on Systematics, Cybernetics and Informatics. Orlando, USA
2001
Computer ethics: Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE). Lancaster, Great Britain
2002
Progress in Library and Information Science in Southern Africa (Prolissa) conference: Pretoria, South Africa
2003
Act as reviewer for the Dutch National Research Foundation
Invited to act as session chair at the following international conferences:
2002
EEI21 Ethics conference, Memphis, USA.
2003
International Conference on Managing Development in Emerging Markets Under Global Recession, Cairo, Egypt.
2004
21 Ethics conference, Memphis, USA.
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